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Vodafone Egypt Selects mFormation Software for Over-the-air Configuration of Customer Phones
Edison, NJ June 14, 2005 - mFormation® Technologies Inc. (http://www.mformation.com), a leading provider of wireless device management software, and Vodafone Egypt, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group PLC, today announced that Vodafone Egypt is licensing mFormation’s Configuration Manager software to quickly and easily configure customer phones for wireless services such as Internet access, email, MMS and SMS over the air.
Configuration Manager is a key module of the mFormation SERVICE MANAGER™ Suite of wireless device management software. It provides an OMA standards-based over-the-air configuration solution for a wide range of wireless devices, from low-end mobile phones to 3G smartphone and converged devices, enabling easy configuration and reconfiguration of phone settings over the life of the phone. Vodafone Egypt will use the Configuration Manager to automatically configure customers’ device settings over the air, ensuring that their customers always have access to their data services.
“Vodafone Egypt’s GSM and GPRS networks currently cover more than 98% of the total Egyptian population. Our growth in the market is dependent on our delivering the best possible services to our customers,” said Thomas Poland, Vodafone Egypt Chief Technical Officer. “mFormation’s Configuration Manager software will help us to achieve this objective by providing a fast, easy way for our customers to stay current with their wireless services, not only on the phones they are using now, but on the new devices we plan to roll out in the future.”
“We are pleased to have been chosen by Vodafone Egypt to provide over-the-air configuration capabilities for their customers,” said Mark Edwards, mFormation’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are confident that mFormation’s secure, scalable, efficient and flexible software platform will be able to help them provide the best possible services to their rapidly growing customer base.”
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Mformation Technologies Inc. is the leading global provider of mobile device management (MDM) technology, offering a complete solution that enables mobile operators to rapidly accelerate their data revenues and reduce support costs. Mformation's award-winning MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER™ suite is the most complete, flexible and integrated mobile device management software solution in the industry, providing solutions for OMA DM-based provisioning and configuration, FOTA management, smartphone application management, diagnostics, security management, enterprise management and customer experience management.
MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER™ received the 2007 GSM Association’s award for “Best Service Delivery Platform” and was a finalist for the 2008 CTIA E-Tech award in the 4G-Service Management category. Mformation's platform has been licensed to leading operators in Asia, Europe and the US including Sprint, T-Mobile, Telefónica and Vodafone. Mformation is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey with offices around the globe. Mformation is a privately held company funded by Battery Ventures, Carmel Ventures, Intel Capital [NASDAQ: INTC], North Bridge Venture Partners, QuestMark Partners, Visa International and Wasatch Advisors Inc.
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